South Korea grounds nine Boeing 737 NG planes with cracks

 

FILE PHOTO: The Boeing logo is displayed on a screen, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's transport ministry on Friday said nine Boeing Co <BA.N> 737 NG planes in the country had been grounded after checks found structural cracks requiring repairs.

 

The suspension follows an order from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month for aircraft operators to inspect older Boeing 737 NGs for structural cracks.

 

Boeing on Oct. 11 said inspections of 810 of the planes globally had led to 38 requiring repair.

 

South Korea said it found nine planes with cracks among 42 planes examined.

 

Among the nine grounded planes are five operated by Korean Air Lines <003490.KS>, according to the transport ministry.

 

The 737 NG is the third-generation 737 and version before the now-grounded 737 MAX, which is not impacted by the cracking issue.

 

A Korean Air spokesman said the carrier has 18 737 NG aircraft and will replace the five short-range airplanes with other jets.

 

(Reporting by Sangmi Cha; Editing by Ju-min Park and Richard Borsuk)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-25

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And the hits on Boeing just keep on coming...

 

Korean Airlines issues come after the FAA's warning issued in September.

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/faa-requiring-inspections-cracks-737-ng-planes-190928020127378.html

 

Tip of an iceberg anyone?

 

Meanwhile, damning new evidence of corporate malfeasance with regard to the MAX.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/text-messages-show-boeing-employees-knew-in-2016-of-problems-that-turned-deadly-on-the-737-max/2019/10/18/8578c990-f1ca-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html

 

 

 

 

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by NanLaew

It is a very old design they keep trying to update to catch up with Airbus - and have failed

 

Thankfully Air Asia had the sense to stick with Airbus

Damn no Boeing’s for me thank you very much it’s Airbus on my next flights in Late November early December.

cracks in planes, about 300 dead  in the last year because of crappy software n negligent Boeing company processes!!!! Damn America sure is Great Again ????